As the prospect of more “Hannibal” grows ever more distant following its cancellation on NBC, Bryan Fuller has moved on to Starz, where next year he’ll be unveiling “American Gods.” It’s the series adaptation of the book by Neil Gaiman, bringing together a cast which includes Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, and Pablo Schreiber, to tell the story of a battle between gods. And it’s providing Fuller an opportunity to take a look at America through a unique lens.
“Neil created this wonderfully stuffed toy box filled with all sorts of cultural points of view on how American operates as a system, and that was so fascinating and mythological in and of itself,” he told EW. “It’s really much more of an immigration story than it is a god story.”
Interesting stuff — “American Gods” will debut in 2017. Check out the synopsis and stylish trailer below.
The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.
